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ROCKY – 538TXV
Pentium™ VGA
Single Board Computer
@Copyright 1997
All Rights Reserved.
Manual third edition Feb.01,1998
The information in this document is subject to change without prior notice in
order to improve reliability, design and function and does not represent a
commitment on the part of the manufacturer.
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  • Page 1 ROCKY – 538TXV Pentium™ VGA Single Board Computer @Copyright 1997 All Rights Reserved. Manual third edition Feb.01,1998 The information in this document is subject to change without prior notice in order to improve reliability, design and function and does not represent a commitment on the part of the manufacturer.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Contents 1. Introduction ............3 Specifications ................4 What You Have ................5 2. Installation ............6 ROCKY-538TXV's Layout ............6 Unpacking ................... 8 Setting the CPU of ROCKY-538TXV ........... 9 System Memory DRAM.............. 11 Watch-Dog Timer ..............12 DiskOnChip™ Flash Disk ............12 Clear CMOS Setup ..............
  • Page 4 External Switches and Indicators ..........18 External Speaker ............... 19 PS/2 Mouse 6-Pin Mini-DIN Connector ........19 External Battery Connector ............20 3.10 USB Port Connector ..............20 3.11 IrDA Infrared Interface Port ............20 3.12 VGA Connector ................. 21 3.13 Fan Connector ................

  • Page 5: Introduction

    Introduction Welcome to the ROCKY-538TXV Pentium™ with VGA Single Board Computer. The ROCKY-538TXV board is an ISA/PCI form factor board, which comes equipped with high performance Pentium CPU and advanced high performance multi-mode I/O, designed for the system manufacturers, integrators, or VARs that want to provide all the performance, reliability, and quality at a reasonable price.

  • Page 6: Specifications

    1.1 Specifications : The ROCKY-538TXV Pentium with VGA Single Board Computer provides the following specification: • CPU : Pentium™ /MMX up to 233Mhz, AMD K5/K6 processor, Cyrix 6x86 processor • : ISA bus and PCI 32-bit local bus,PCI 2.1 standard •...

  • Page 7: What You Have

    • IrDA port : Support Serial Infrared(SIR) and Amplitude Shift Keyed IR(ASKIR) interface. • USB port : Support two USB ports for future expansion. • Watch-dog timer : can be set by 1,2,10,20,110 or 220 seconds period. Reset or NMI was generated when CPU did not periodically trigger the timer.

  • Page 8: Installation

    Installation This chapter describes how to install the ROCKY-538TXV. At first, the layout of ROCKY-538TXV is shown, and the unpacking information that you should be careful is described. The jumpers and switches setting for the ROCKY-538TXV's configuration, such as CPU type selection, system clock setting, and watch dog timer, are also included.

  • Page 9: Unpacking

    2.2 Unpacking...
  • Page 10 Your ROCKY-538TXV Single Board Computer contains sensitive electronic components that can be easily damaged by static electricity. In this section, we describe the precautions you should take while unpacking, as well as during installation. It is very important that the instructions be followed correctly, to avoid static damage, and to successfully install the board.

  • Page 11: Setting The Cpu Of Rocky-538Txv

    2.3 Setting the CPU of ROCKY-538TXV • CPU Clock Setting : CPU Speed/Clock JP 9 11-12 13-14 OPEN CLOSE CLOSE OPEN 55MHz 60MHz OPEN CLOSE OPEN OPEN 66MHz OPEN OPEN OPEN OPEN • CPU to Bus Multiple : Multiplier JP 9 9-10 1.5 x OPEN...
  • Page 12 • JP16 CPU Core Voltage Setting : CPU Core JP16 JP16 JP16 JP16 Voltage CLOSE CLOSE CLOSE CLOSE 3.5V(P54C/CS) OPEN CLOSE CLOSE CLOSE 3.4V(P54C/CS) CLOSE OPEN CLOSE CLOSE 3.3V OPEN OPEN CLOSE CLOSE 3.2V 3.1V CLOSE CLOSE OPEN CLOSE OPEN CLOSE OPEN CLOSE...

  • Page 13: System Memory Dram

    • Cyrix 6x86MX PR Rating Table ( Vcore : 2.9V,dual voltage ) PR Rating Bus MHz CPU Core Clock Multiplier 6x86MX-PR133 6x86MX-PR133* 6x86MX-PR150 6x86MX-PR150 2.5x 6x86MX-PR166 6x86MX-PR166 2.5x 6x86MX-PR166 6x86MX-PR166 2.5x 6x86MX-PR200 6x86MX-PR200 2.5x 6x86MX-PR200 6x86MX-PR233 6x86MX-PR266 3.5x • AMD K6 MMX Rating Table, dual voltage Product Name Core Freq Vcore Bus MHz Multiplier AMD-K6-233 233MHz...

  • Page 14: Watch-Dog Timer

    2.5 Watch-Dog Timer The Watch-Dog Timer is enabled by reading port 443H. It should be triggered before the time-out period ends, otherwise it will assume the program operation is abnormal and will issue a reset signal to start again, or activate NMI to CPU. The Watch-Dog Timer is disable by reading port 043H.
  • Page 15 socket. • JP15 : DiskOnChip Memory Address Setting 1. JP15 Pin 1-2 Close – main address C8000H Flash Chip Address C8000H , Pin 7-8 close CC000H, Pin 9-10 close CA000H, Pin 11-12 close CE000H, Pin 13-14 close 2. JP15 Pin 3-4 Close – main address D0000H Flash Chip Address D0000H , Pin 7-8 close...

  • Page 16: Clear Cmos Setup

    2.7 Clear CMOS Setup If want to clear the CMOS Setup(for example forgot the password you should clear the setup and then set the password again.),you should close the JP17 pin 2-3 about 3 seconds,then open again. Set back to normal operation mode,close pin 1-2. •...

  • Page 17: Connection

    Connection This chapter describes how to connect peripherals, switches and indicators to the ROCKY-538TXV board. 3.1 Floppy Disk Drive Connector ROCKY-538TXV board equipped with a 34-pin daisy-chain driver connector cable. • J2 : FDC CONNECTOR PIN NO. DESCRIPTION PIN NO. DESCRIPTION GROUND REDUCE WRITE...

  • Page 18: Pci E-Ide Disk Drive Connector

    3.2 PCI E-IDE Disk Drive Connector You can attach four IDE( Integrated Device Electronics) hard disk drives to the ROCKY-538TXV IDE controller. J1(IDE 1) : Primary IDE Connector J5(IDE 2) : Secondary IDE Connector • J1/J5: IDE Interface Connector PIN NO. DESCRIPTION PIN NO.

  • Page 19: Parallel Port

    3.3 Parallel Port This port is usually connected to a printer, The ROCKY-538TXV includes an on-board parallel port, accessed through a 26-pin flat-cable connector • J6 : Parallel Port Connector PIN NO. DESCRIPTION PIN NO. DESCRIPTION STROBE# DATA 0 DATA 1 DATA 2 DATA 3 DATA 4...

  • Page 20: Keyboard Connector

    Pin No. Description Pin No. Description 3.5 Keyboard Connector The ROCKY-538TXV provides two keyboard connectors. • JP1 : 5-pin Header Keyboard Connector PIN NO. DESCRIPTION KEYBOARD CLOCK KEYBOARD DATA GROUND • CN4 : 6-pin Mini-DIN Keyboard Connector PIN NO. DESCRIPTION KEYBOARD DATA GROUND KEYBOARD CLOCK...

  • Page 21: External Speaker

    PIN NO. DESCRIPTION EXTERNAL RESET GROUND • D2 : IDE LED connector PIN-NO DESCRIPTION HDD ACTIVE# 3.7 External Speaker The ROCKY-538TXV has its own buzzer, you also can connect to the external speaker through the connector CN2. • CN2 : Speaker Connector PIN NO.

  • Page 22: External Battery Connector

    3.9 External Battery Connector The ROCKY-538TXV built-in a 3V/850mAH industrial Li-battery for CMOS and RTC backup. When normal operation will not need external battery to backup the data. If want to connect the external battery you could take off the J9’ s pin 1-2 jumper. Then connect the external battery to pin 1-4.

  • Page 23: Vga Connector

    PIN NO. DESCRIPTION FIR-RX IR-RX Ground IR-TX CIRRX 3.12 VGA Connector The ROCKY-538TXV built-in 15-pin VGA connector directly to your CRT monitor. And additional 10-pin header will help you do the internal connection to CRT screen in you embedded application. •...

  • Page 24: Chassis Open Alarm Connector

    only specified fan offers the rotation signal. • J12 : CPU Fan Connector PIN NO. DESCRIPTION Rotation Signal Ground • J13 : Chassis Fan Connector PIN NO. DESCRIPTION Rotation Signal Ground 3.14 Chassis Open Alarm Connector The connector is to get an open chassis signal. A high level signal will go to the Chassis Open Alarm Connector when the chassis is opened.

  • Page 25: Atx Power Switch / Soft Power Switch Connector

    +5V Standby Signal Suspend Control Signal Ground When connect to ATX power supply connector(20-pin),please connect to the following pins. • ATX Power Supply 20-pin power connector 5V standby PW-0K Ground Ground Ground Ground Ground Suspend Control Ground Ground 3.3V -12V 3.3V 3.3V 3.16 ATX Power Switch / Soft Power Switch Connector...

  • Page 26: Award Bios Setup

    AWARD BIOS Setup The ROCKY-538TXV uses the AWARD PCI/ISA BIOS for system configuration. The AWARD BIOS setup program is designed to provide maximum flexibility in configuring the system by offering various options which may be selected for end-user requirements. This chapter is written to assist you in the proper usage of these features.

  • Page 27: Standard Cmos Setup

    4.2 Standard CMOS Setup The Standard CMOS Setup is used for basic hardware system configuration. The main function is for Date/Time setting and Floppy/Hard Disk Drive setting. Please refer the following screen for this setup. For IDE hard disk drive setup,please check the following possible...

  • Page 28: Bios Features Setup

    setup procedure, 1. Use the Auto setting for detection during bootup. 2. Use the IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION in the main menu to automatically enter the drive specifications. 3. Manually enter the specifications by yourself from the ” User“ option. Halt On (All Errors) : You could choose All Errors , No Errors All,but Keyboard , All.but Diskette , and All,but Disk/Key As for some embedded system which don’...

  • Page 29: Bios Features Setup

    This BIOS Features Setup is designed for customer‘ s tuning best performance of the ROCKY-538TXV board. As for normal operation customers don‘ t have to change any default setting. The default setting is pre-set for most reliable operation. BootUp Sequence : You could set the sequence of A:,C:,and CDROM.
  • Page 30 430TX). These options are used to change the ChipSet‘ s registers. Please carefully change any default setting ,otherwise the system could be running un-stable. Auto Configuration : Enable or Disable When use the 60nS general type DRAM,please enable the setting to get the optimal timings. SDRAM Speculative Read : Enable or Disable When enable this option, the PCU will send predict commands to the SDRAM, if a miss happens, the CPU will cancel this...

  • Page 31: Integrated Peripherals

    4.5 Integrated Peripherals This setup is almost working for Multi-I/O Chip(W83977F ). These options are used to change the ChipSet‘ s registers. Please carefully change any default setting to meet your application need perfectly. The only special concern is Onboard Serial Port2.

  • Page 32: Power Management Setup

    4.6 Power Management Setup Power Management Setup help user handles the ROCKY- 538TXV board‘ s “ green” function. The features could shut down the video display and hard disk to save energy for example. The power management setup screen is as following, Power Management : Disable, Max Saving, Min Saving, or User Defined Max Saving puts the system into power saving mode after a...

  • Page 33: Pnp/Pci Configuration

    4.7 PNP/PCI Configuration The PNP/PCI Configuration help user handles the ROCKY- 538TXV board‘ s “ PCI” function. All PCI bus slots on the system use INTA#,thus all installed PCI slots must be set to this value.. PNP OS Installed : Yes or No When PNP OS is installed, interrupts may be reassigned by the OS when the setting is Yes.

  • Page 34: E 2 Key Function

    Key™ Function The ROCKY-538TXV provides an outstanding E KEY™ function for system integrator. Based on the E KEY™ you could free to store the ID Code, Pass Word, or Critical Data in the 1Kbit EEPROM. Because the EEPROM is nonvolatile memory, you don’...

  • Page 35: Appendix A. Watch-Dog Timer

    void write_e2key(unsigned int address,unsigned data) /* This function will write the given data to E KEY™ at address. The address range is from 0 to 63. The data value is from 0 to 0xffff. */ To easy start to use the function, please refer the include EKEYDEMO.C code at first.
  • Page 36 The Watch-Dog Timer is provided to ensure that standalone systems can always recover from catastrophic conditions that caused the CPU to crash. This condition may have occurred by external EMI or a software bug. When the CPU stops working correctly, hardware on the board will either perform a hardware reset (cold boot) or a non-maskable interrupt (NMI) to bring the system back to a known state.

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